GOT MILK

Baby brother was enjoying his huracane glass of milk with a stack of oreos, left the glass to get more oreos and the cat, shadow, desided to get a little taste of milk. It was quite funny as the glass was taller then his arm so he really had to reach to get his paw in!

THANKS ALISON!!!!

So as I sit here checking email, chatting with my buddy alisonwonderland and thinking "is it to late to blog?" I open up my blog and notice 999 visitors! So I asked Alison to check out the blog, and got to see my 1000th visitor come in! How very excititng. Thanks to all of you for checking in on us!

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

As I sit here wrapped up in an electric blanket, wishing for a fire place and thinking can it get any colder?!?! I remember not long ago I was thinking can it get any hotter?!?! How funny is that? And then Daddy asks me if I will ever be happy with the temperature.... hummmm NOPE! I am so done with winter! How can the weather person on the news say "high of 19" in the same sentence? To me "high" should be much HIGHER then 19!!

Big Brother is not very happy either, today of all days I forced (yes FORCED) him to wear gym pants, not jeans, to school. As he sat in the warm car complaining that he would surely freeze I simply explained "honey, you are walking 20 feet from a warm car to a warm building of which you will not exit until this afternoon to walk that same 20 feet to a warm bus. You will not freeze in 20 feet I promise!" At about 12 my phone rings and it is Big Brother "Yea, Mom you know how you insured me I would not be "exiting this building but to enter a warm bus" ...... I am just calling to let you know that the fire alarm went off at school and we all had to stand outside for about 30 min! THANKS ALOT"...... Oops

COCO KEYS

Omaha just opened an indoor water resort! This is wonderful for our Christian Family as not all of us fit into 1 or even 2 cars (we are considering buying a bus) so the chance of us all being able to travel to another water resort is a little out of the question as they are all 4 or more hours away. So this short trip to "the city" and a GREAT weekend was had by all! disclaimer.... Big Brother (in the green shirt on the right) had not been recently beaten, given birth ect... he has really bad dry skin and as soon as he put on his clothes it was "like wearing sand paper!" It was all we could do to get him to stand up and get into the picture. But I am thinking that having 19 people in one pic and all but one not looking beautiful is quite the task! Thanks to Daddy who knows how to set up the timer on the camera :).... All I have to say is WOW that is alot of kids!

BALCONY PICNIC/PARTY

So they do not make rooms big enouph to fit all of us so we had side by side rooms that opened up onto a pool side balcony. So we just all opened the doors to the rooms and moved the party out. Plugged in to fondue pot, opened the chips and dip, got out the games / cards .... let the good times roll. Not so sure the cleaning people were to impressed to be stepping over us at 1 am but hey we had a great time!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNCLE MARK

Happy Birthday to you...... Happy Birthday to you...... Happy Birthday to you...... Happy Birthday to you......

"NOBODY CARES"

You know we say that in a loving way as that is your saying! We do care and miss you very much! Come back and visit soon!!

"MOM MY PANTS DON'T FIT"

Big Brother is often saying that he can not find a pair of pants to fit, this is due inpart to he would love to wear the same pants everyday! So after Christmas we pulled out all of his pants and tried each one on... sure enouph they were all to small (mommy feels guilty). So with Chirstmas money I got him 5 new pairs of jeans and a few other dress and wind pants.

So when he came down the other day with the anouncement of his pants don't fit I was not buying it!!

BUT... today was his 6 month check-up with the behavior pediatrition....

In the last 6 months Big Brother has gained 7 pounds and grown 2 inches.... nowonder his pants don't fit! opps here comes that guilty feeling agian :)

SO MUCH TIME SO LITTLE DONE

With my unexpected day off, falling the first day back to work after a long 4 day weekend, I am going to work tomorrow. So this has turned into a WEEK OFF!!! OH the things I could have gotten done.... OH the things I didn't get done!
Why is it when you know you have SO much to do yet can not seem to accomplish anything? Here is to feeling very lazy :( I am in need of some imsperation from something somewhere.... anyone know of anything?

DAY OFF!!!

Although it is an "unscheduled" one it is a still a day off!

So I am off to work..nothing new there..it has been snow/iceing..nothing new there!

I am driving along (at a safe speed) and in my rearview mirror I can see this truck barreling down the highway! The faster he approches me the more I am convenced that he is going to just drive right over the top of me!! So me (being the safe driving that I am) move over to the edge of the road so he can pass me. As he blows by my car missing it by inches the wind shoves my car off the road, onto the icey sholder :( I over corrected to the left, shot clear accross the highway and zoomed into the ditch on the other side of the highway! NO the idiot didn't even stop to see if I was ok, probaly didn't even see it happen he was driving so fast.

Thus breaking my 2 year strech of not going into the ditch or hitting a deer WEEP!

Daddy came and got me out and car was fine after kicking all of the snow packed in under it.

MWBC BOARD MEETING

So as Daddy and our friend J.M. (both on the board for MWBC) head out for their mounthly meeting, us wives are left at home. I am in charge of baby sitting stefani... B.M. and I had a great day of just relaxing. It is so cold outside that the thoughts of even walking out the door was not even an option. It would have been a perfect scrapbooking day if not for all of the children running around :( It is so nice to know that Daddy can be involved in such a wonderful activity in planning for camps for the kids during the summer. These are truely times and friends that will never be forgotten. Our Christian Family just continues to grows!

ENOUPH SAID

AN INTERESTING STUDY:

A study conducted by UCLA's Department of Psychiatry has revealed that the kind of face a woman finds attractive on a man can differ depending on where she is in her menstrual cycle.
For example: If she is ovulating, she is attracted to men with rugged and masculine features. However, if she is menstruating or menopausal, she tends to be more attracted to a man with a spear lodged in his chest and tape over his mouth while he is on fire. No further studies are planned.

I am postmenopausal.....

IOWA TEST OF BASIC SKILLS

I am sure most of you know what ITBS is, but I will just quickly explain. This is a test given to all students to test their level of knowledge for the grade that they are currently in. The test is normally given fairly early in the school year- around September or October. It is a timed test covering all aspects of a child's education.

Well we got our results over the weekend and I must that this time to brag about the Deuel children!

• SISTER - She is a little smarty, she has always tested at the top of her class. She is the kind of student that doesn't need to try very hard, if at all, to get an A! She is currently in 8th grade and tested as grade 13 in all of her classes! The best part of her is that she doesn't struggle and I love that she is able to truly enjoy school.

• BIGBROTHER - For him to even be able to take this test is truly a blessing. We have so accommodations for him to be able to get the best of his skills shown. He takes the test in a separate room, untimed and has a aid there to read something for clarification (except for the reading portion...) He has gone up TWO grade levels in math and reading! This is truely proof of how hard he has been working!

• BABYBROTHER - this is his first year of taking the test (starts in 3rd grade) and his smarts have been proven! "BabyBrother has scored at or above the national 95th percentile on ITBS." His Composite grade is 5.1 which is the same as that of a typical student in the 5th grade. This places him in the top 94% in Iowa! "His overall achievement appears to be well above average for third grade"

Needless to say Mommy and Daddy are beyond thrilled with all three of them for their hard work!

A GRAND BABY!

I know the Deuel kids seem a little young to be having babies but it has happened.... Sister is a mommy herself now! Her name is Stefani Calyn. She is quite small but I am sure she will be a fine chick when she is grown.

Yes this is her egg baby that she had been responcible for during the past week. It has been alot of fun to take care of her. Grandma (me) even got to make her some jammies because it has been so cold!

SOUPS ON

So the fact that I have not been at home, have no idea what I have in the freezer, have not been to the store in I don't know how long and am working all week leaves me in a very odd place! I have no idea what is for dinner. Maybe in the next day or two I will be able to get that done but I am not holding my breath... I will just post what I am able to creat that night and then we will see about next week :)

NEW YEAR CELERBRATION

So what to do for the New Year?

1. Happy to be out of the car! As for the day was spent driving 13 hours home from Texas.
2. Hug and kiss the boys, wish Sister was here to hug and kiss.
3. Take a bath!
4. Play games with J&B to bring in the year!

Welcome 2008

So here is to 2008!

New Year's resulition!?!?! TO BLOG MORE! does that question even need to be asked? hehe

I (mommy) am going to really try to keep up with blogging, been getting lots of phone calls as to why it is not more current.... busy is my normal answer :)

But also I am going to do the blogging in "first" person as to it is almost always Mommy doing the blogging. So if by some chance another Deuel hops on and has something to say it will be clear.

CHEERS mommy